Are You Better Off Today? Here are the True Facts & Figures From the Obama Economy

This week both Barack Obama and Michelle Obama told supporters the US economy is now better off “by almost every economic measure.”

At the annual Black Caucus dinner last weekend Barack Obama said the economy is better off by every economic measure.“There’s almost no economic measure that we are not better off than when I took office.”

Here’s the truth—-

**Real unemployment is at 23% John Ransom at Townhall reported:
The BLS reported that job creation came in at 248,000. Another 315,000 people left the labor force last month. When one accounts for part-time work, discouraged workers and those who have dropped out of the labor force entirely, unemployment is closer to 23 percent, with no great sign of retreat from that number.

260,000 College Graduates in Minimum Wage Jobs
The number of minimum wage workers with college degrees is still more than doublewhat it was during the Bush years.
If you thought paying tens of thousands of dollars for a college education guaranteed a high-paying job, think again.